Animated illustration of rapid improvements in GE jet engine designs. Views of the GE plant at Lockland, Ohio. Interior of a jet passenger liner airplane, as envisioned in 1951. View of flight attendant or stewardess in uniform, delivering tray of food to a passenger in the cabin of a passenger aircraft in flight. View of Dr. Sanford A. Moss, standing in front of the Collier Trophy, looking at his award certificate, in 1941. The trophy was awarded to him and the U.S. Army Air Corps for development of the aircraft engine supercharger. Discussion of Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. Air Force, General Electric and Convair ideas about building an atomic powered airplane. Views of the GE gas turbine laboratory. Montage of jet aircraft of the early 1950s. Among those seen are: Convair SF-92 delta wing fighter plane; The Chase XCG-20A 4-engine cargo plane; North American F-86 sabrejet; Grumman F9F panther; F-89 Scorpion; and B-36 bomber, plus several unidentified experimental aircraft. Several scenes of B-47s in rocket assisted takeoffs.
The Aerospace Defense Command and Strategic Air Command exams in Florida, United States. Planes stationed at the Tyndall Air Force Base. The Aerospace Defense Command (ADC) teams in William Tell II competition at the Tyndall Air Force Base. The Martin B-26 Marauder takes off. Teams in U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and Convair F-102 Delta Dagger fire missiles and rockets at Q-2A targets. View of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombing. The various squadrons being awarded for their performances. The U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress stationed at the McCoy Air Force Base. The planes take off. Navigation and refueling competition with B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress crews from McCoy Air Force Base. Pilots in the aircraft. Aircraft in flight. The U.S. Air Force KC-47 aircraft and the KC-135 Stratotanker crews from Homestead Air Force Base. Aerial view of the KC-135 Stratotanker inject refueling the KC-47 aircraft. Insignia of the Strategic Air Command wing. View of the trophy. Commander Thomas F. Hall gives the trophy to the winner, Commander of the 307th Bomb wing. Members of the squadrons receive the trophies.
The flight tests on United States Air Force(USAF) aircraft X-1A and X-10 at the Edwards Air Force base in California, United States. The U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre, F-84 Thunderjet, F-86D Sabre, F-89 Scorpion, F-102 Delta Dagger lined up on the ramp. Another aircraft at a distance. The B-29 Superfortress with X-1A installed in bomb bay. X-1A in a cutaway bomb bay of B-29. The crew members of the B-29 and X-1A include U.S. Air Force Major General Charles Elwood Yeager (Chuck Yeager) as he picks up a helmet and a parachute. The crew members walk towards the aircraft. B-29 with X-1A takes off. B-29 with X-1A climbs for altitude. B-29 in flight with X-1A attached to bomb bay and fuselage. The X-1A drops away from B-29. The rocket engine of the X-1A started and it continues flying. The F-86 Sabre behind the X-1A. The contrail of X-1A . The contrails of B-29. The F-86 diving and turning. Ground in the background. X-1A lands on desert. A group of personnel around the X-1A. Chuck Yeager in the cockpit of the X-1A. He climbs out and jumps on the ground.
Rocket engine nozzle at launching. The engine rises slowly from launch pad. An engineer behind control panel. A rocket launches a captured German V-2 rocket/WAC Corporal Bumper 8 from Pad 3 of Cape Canaveral on July 24, 1950. Two United States Air Force Convair F-106As Delta Dart in flight. Aerial view of launch complexes. Titan II missile is launched. The Titan II missile explodes mid-air. A huge ball of fire from Titan II explosion. A scientist uses a tracking camera during a Titan II rocket launch. Footage from camera shows the first stage separation of the Titan II. The booster blasted away at second stage ignition. Various tracking stations covering the Atlantic missile range. A satellite dish recording telemetry data. Observatory dome with telescope rotating. The USS HH Arnold (T-AGM-9) missile tracking ship at sea. A re-entry vehicle is seen re-entering the atmosphere. A United States Air Force Lockheed JC-130B Hercules equipped with a trapeze structure snatching an Aero kite balloon suspended from a ship. Air Force Missile Test Center and its logo. View of Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard County, Florida (840 Falcon Ave. Building 720 Patrick AFB, FL 32925). Various missiles on display in front of the Air Force Missile Test Center Technical Lab at Patrick Air Force Base. Engineers working in the Air Force Missile Test Center Technical Lab. An engineer examines a magnetic tape from an IBM console in the EDP room. An Air Force Missile Test Center report. A Gemini space capsule is being lowered. NASA personnel watch the capsule. Sign reads “Gemini / Titan II Man Rated Complex Martin Company”. Lt. Colonel John G. Albert Chief of the Gemini Launch division, 6555th Aerospace Test Wing at the entering gate. A blockhouse in the background. Colonel Albert inspects Gemini’s boosters. He is at the launch control in the blockhouse.
A film about missile launches in the United States. The American flag at half mast. Troops assembled on a ramp and Brigadier General Harry J. Sands Jr. Vice Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC) speaks at the memorial services for the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy on 25th November, 1963. The night launch of an Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP) satellite, test no. 6900, using a Delta launch vehicle on 27th November, 1963. The launch of a Centaur II, test no. 5175 on 27th November, 1963. A map of Cape with new name Cape Kennedy.
U.S. Air Force 50th Anniversary being celebrated in Washington D.C., United States. The spectators crowd at the Andrews Air Force Base for watch the air show. The aircraft parked at the base. The spectators look at the aircraft. The spectators watch the Bendix Trophy race. USAF (United States Air Force) F-102 Delta Dagger in flight. The spectators look at the aircraft in flight. An officer looks through a binocular. F-102 lands at the base. The spectators in the foreground. F-102 taxis and a parachute opens. A dignitary shakes hand with the Captain Kenneth Chandler of F-102 and gives him the Bendix Trophy. A jet takes off. The jet in flight. The spectators watch the jet in flight. A Vintage Bleriot 1909 aircraft hovers in air. A Curtiss Pusher 1910 and Bleriot in flight. The aircraft in flight in formation. The spectators look at the aircraft flying.